Patio serving cart

ABSTRACT

A serving cart employs a wheeled frame having horizontal drawers disposed in opposite vertical ends of the frame. The top of the frame carries two wells disposed side by side. A top cover having a manually operable vent is hinged to an end and extends over the wells. Hinged drop leaf table tops are secured to opposite sides of the frame adjacent the cover.

United States Patent [1 1 Sauer June 17, 1975 [54] PATIO SERVING CART2,525,208 10/1950 Clink 280/47.35 X 2,948,798 8/1960 Ness 280/79.2 X[76] Inventor: Elmer E. Sauer 1520 S. Ash, 2 M l 25 Denver, Colo. ozzz3,034,843 5/196 oon 312/ O X [22] Filed: Mar. 4, 1974 PrimaryExaminer-David Schonberg [21] App! No: 447,545 Assistant ExammerM|chaelJ. Forman [52] U S Cl 280/47 35' 280/79 296/22 [57] ABSTRACT 51IlitJCLI/I. ..1362b 3/02 A Serving employs a Wheeled frame having hori-58 Field of Search 280/47.35 79.1 79.2- drawers disposed in Oppositevertical ends of d the frame. The top of the frame carries two wellsdisposed side by side. A top cover having a manually op- [56] ReferencesCited erable vent is hinged to an end and extends over the wells. Hingeddrop leaf table tops are secured to oppo- UNITED STATES PATENTS sitesides of the frame adjacent the cover. 462,320 11/1891 Miller 296/22 X2,490,588 12/1949 Frie et a1. 296/22 1 Claim, 3 Drawing Figures 3 '1 I20 I "Ii llllll lmlz lu u Hm 12 1 PATIO SERVING CART SUMMARY OF THEINVENTION This invention is directed toward a serving cart particularlyuseful in storing and in serving hot or cold food and drink on a patioor the like.

A wheeled frame has horizontal drawers disposed in opposite verticalends of the frame. Silverware, plates, napkins and the like can bestored in the drawers.

The frame has two wells disposed in the top in side by side position andcovered by a top cover with an adjustable vent hingedly secured to oneof the frame. The food and drink can be stored in the wells and held attemperature.

The opposite sides of the frame adjacent the top can each support aseparate drop leaf table top hingedly secured thereto. These tops,folded out of the way when not in use, can be extended to provideadditional space for preparing and serving food.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a side view of the invention; FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;and FIG. 3 is an end view thereof.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to FIGS. l3,there is shown a patio serving cart which can be used to keep food warmor cold. The cart holds solid and or liquid food and tableware undercover from bugs, dust and pets. Typically the table height is abouttwenty eight inches or less; the width is about sixteen inches whenthehinged drop leaf table tops on each side are disposed vertically.These tops typically are about sixteen inches wide by forty two incheslong. The overall length is about forty two inches, augmented by shorthorizontal handles 12 secured to opposite ends and extending in oppositedirections.

Each end can carry one or more horizontal drawers 14 for storingsilverware, plates and napkins. A hinged cover 16 is secured to the topand is hinged at an end. The cover which can be about 6 inches high orhigher can be removable for indoor use. A manually operable vent 26 isdisposed in this cover.

Wheels 18 secured to the bottom enable the unit to be moved easily.

The top of the unit has two wells 20 which are about 6 inches deep. Onewell typically about 24 inches by 15 inches, can contain bottles andglasses. The well fillers 28 can be of plastic and are removable foreasy cleanmg.

The unit carries electric outlets 22 connectable by a cord to a sourceof power and enabling coffee pots and other items to be electricallyconnected. The unit is open at the bottom with exposed bottom shelf 24.

While the invention has been described with detailed reference to thedrawings, the protection sought is to be limited only by the terms ofthe claims which follow.

I claim:

1. A serving cart comprising:

a rectangular shaped unit having a horizontal top with first and secondvertical wells disposed side by side and extending downward therein,said unit having parallel vertical ends and parallel vertical sidesextending at right angles to the ends, said unit having a horizontalbottom supported on wheels;

first and second pairs of horizontally spaced handles extending at rightangles to said ends, each pair being secured to and extending outwardlyfrom a corresponding end;

horizontal drawers disposed slidably in said ends;

a single horizontal cover hingedly secured at one end to the top of theunit adjacent to but inward from one of the unit ends, said coverextending over the top of the unit to cover the wells and having ahorizontally disposed manually operable vent; and

first and second drop leaf table tops, each table top being hingedlysecured to a corresponding side of the unit adjacent the cover, eachtable top, when horizontally extended being level with the top of theunit.

1. A serving cart comprising: A RECTANGULAR SHAPED UNIT HAVING AHORIZONTAL TOP WITH FIRST AND SECOND VERTICAL WELLS DISPOSED SIDE BYSIDE AND EXTENDING DOWNWARD THEREIN, SAID UNIT HAVING PARALLEL VERTICALENDS AND PARALLEL VERTICAL SIDES EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE ENDS,SAID UNIT HAVING A HORIZONTAL BOTTOM SUPPORTED ON WHEELS; FIRST ANDSECOND PAIRS OF HORIZONTALLY SPACED HANDLES EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TOSAID ENDS, EACH PAIR BEING SECURED TO AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM ACORRESPONDING END; HORIZONTAL DRAWERS DISPOSED SLIDABLY IN SAID ENDS; ASINGLE HORIZONTAL COVER HINGEDLY SECURED AT ONE END TO THE TOP OF THEUNIT ADJACENT TO BUT INWARD FROM ONE OF THE UNIT ENDS, SAID COVEREXTENDING OVER THE TOP OF THE UNIT TO COVER THE WELLS AND HAVING AHORIZONTALLY DISPOSED MANUALLY OPERABLE VENT; AND FIRST AND SECOND DROPLEAF TABLE TOPS, EACH TABLE TOP BEING HINGEDLY SECURED TO ACORRESPONDING SIDE OF THE UNIT ADJACENT THE COVER, EACH TABLE TOP, WHENHORIZONTALLY EXTENDED BEING LEVEL WITH THE TOP OF THE UNIT.